I finished reading:

“Hidden Figures” written by Margot Lee Shetterly.  265 pages.

The forty seventh book of the year.  15,576 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“In Darkest England and the Way Out” written by William Booth. 376 pages.

The forty sixth book of the year.  15,311 pages at an average of  333 pages per book.

-Richard

Read-a-thon closing survey:

Closing Survey!

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?  Always the last one:
2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!:  Plum Island, Zom-B, The Captains, Robert E. Lee
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?   Any thrilled
4. What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you smile? It always makes me smile :)
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep?  Definitely

-Richard

End of Read-a-thon hour 21:

Pages read this hour: 92

Time read this hour:  44 minutes

Books finished this hour: 1

Total Pages Read:  1,175

Total Time Read: 11 hours 7 minutes

Total Books Finished: 4

I think that’s it.  This is the longest I’ve managed to go and considering we lost a lot of time due a soccer game I think it was pretty successful.

See y’all in October 

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Robert E. Lee and the Rise of the South” written by Cathy East Dubinski.  128 pages.

The forty fifth book of the year.  14,935 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

- Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 20:

Pages read this hour:  68

Time read this hour:  39 minutes

Books finished this hour:  1

Total Pages Read:  1,084

Total Time Read:  10 hours 23 minutes

Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Captains: Brotherhood of War Book II” written by W.E.B. Griffin.  406 pages.

The forty fourth book of the year.  14,807 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Read-a-thon hour 19:

Pages read this hour:  85

Time read this hour:  44 minutes

Books finished this hour:  0

Total Pages Read:  1,016

Total Time Read:  9 hours 44 minutes

Total Books Finished:  2

-Richard 

End of Read-a-thon hour 18:

Pages read this hour:  63

Time read this hour:  41 minutes

Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read:  931

Total Time Read: 8 hours 55 minutes

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 17:

Pages read this hour:  90

Time read this hour: 55 minutes

Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read:  868

Total Time Read:  8 hours 14 minutes

Total Books Finished 

-Richard

End of Read-a-thon hour 16:

Pages read this hour:  46

Time read this hour:  35 minutes

Books finished this hour:  0

Total Pages Read:  778

Total Time Read:  7 hours 19 minutes

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

The end of read-a-thon hour 15:

Pages read this hour:  77

Time read this hour:  47 minutes

Books finished this hour:0

Total Pages Read:  732

Total Time Read:  6 hours 41 minute

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

The end of Read-a-thon hour 14:

Pages read this hour:  61

Time read this hour: 28 minutes

Books finished this hour:1

Total Pages Read:  655

Total Time Read:  5 hours 54 minutes.

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Zom-B” written by Darren Shan.  174 pages.

The forty third book of the year.  14,401 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 13:

Pages read this hour: 76

Time read this hour:  28 minutes

Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read:  594

Total Time Read:  5 hours 26 minutes

Total Books Read:  1

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 12:

Pages read this hour:  87

Time read this hour:  35 minutes

Books finished this hour: 1

Total Pages Read:  518

Total Time Finished:  4 hours 58 minutes

Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Plum Island” written by Nelson DeMille.  574 pages.

The forty second book of the year.  14,227 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Read-a-thin hours 8-11

Attended a soccer game..

Pages read:  24

Time read: 21 minutes.

Total Pages Read: 431

Total Time Read:   4 hours 33 minutes

Total Books Finished:  0

-Richard

End of read-a-thin hour 7:

Pages read this hour:  114

Time read this hour:  52 minutes

Books finished this hour:  0

Total Pages Read: 407

Total Time Read:  4 Hours 12 Minutes

Total Books Finished:  0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 5 and 6:

Pages read these hours:  74

Time read these hours:  30 minutes.

Books finished these hours: 0

Total Pages Read:  293

Total Time Read:  3 hours 20 minutes

Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 4:

Pages read this hour:  87

Time read this hour:  52 minutes

Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read:  219

Total Time Read:  2 hours 50 minutes

Total Books Finished:  0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 3:

Pages read this hour:  41

Time read this hour:  30 mins

Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read:  132

Total Time Read:  1 hour 58 minutes

Total Books Finished:  0

-Richard

End of read-a-thin hour 2:

Pages read this hour: 48

Time read this hour:  47 minutes

Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read:  91

Total Time Read:  1 hour 28 minutes

Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 1:

Pages read this hour:  43

Time read this hour: 41 minutes

Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 43

Total Time Read:  41 minutes

Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

I am taking part in my twenty-first Dewey's read-a-thon today.  Here is my opening meme:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  The Woodlands, TX (just north of Houston)
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  Looking forward to all equally.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?  Anything my beautiful wife has made :)
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!  Ex-pat Englishman, living in Texas...
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?  I've done it basically the same every time and always thoroughly enjoy it.  The big difference this time is we went to a concert last night so are lagging a wee bit this morning.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 - A World on the Edge” written by Helen Rappaport.  334 pages.

The forty first book of the year.  13,653 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The New Organon” written by Francis Bacon.  292 pages.

The fortieth book of the year.  13,319 at an average of  333 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Alexander Hamilton” written by Ron Chernow.  731 pages.  

The thirty ninth book of the year.   13,027 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Spencerville” written by Nelson DeMille.  560 pages.

The thirty eighth book of the year.  12,296 pages at an average of 324 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Hour Game” written by David Baldacci.  590 pagesz

The thirty seventh book of the year.  11,736 pages at an average of 318 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“By the Rivers of Babylon” written by Nelson DeMille.  422 pages.

The thirty sixth book of the year.  11,146 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Airship Nine” written by Thomas H. Block.  294 pages.

The thirty fifth book of the year.  10,724 at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“In the Days of McKinley” written by Margaret Leech.  605 pages.

The thirty fourth book of the year.  10,430 pages at an average of 307 pages per book.

-Richard